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- From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SCSI on a 4000
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:29:43 GMT
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- mikew@net-link.net (Mike Williams) wrote:
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- >I want to add reliable SCSI to my stock 4000. Does anybody know of a good Zorro II
- >card that isn't cursed with the dismally slow access problems? I know why it's a
- >problem (DMA controllers don't work because there's no 16 bit memory to DMA to) but
- >this shouldn't completely cripple the card. I'm leaning toward a DKB RapidFire, but
- >I'd appreciate any input you have. Has anybody had experience with a card that can
- >get 1 to 1.5 Meg/s sec transfer on a 4000? Also, how much is a Fastlane? Is it still
- >somewhere in the $400's US?
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- I have a Z3 fastlane. It works wonderfully...(I did have to change the
- ROM though)...
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- A4000/40 2+16 Mb RAM, Z3 fastlane + 8Mb RAM, 540Mb HD,
- 128 Mb Optical, NEC CD Player, CyberVision 64 - 4Mb, Ethernet
- GVP Phone Pak II, G-Lock Genlock, Epson colour scanner
- A1000+A2000+A500+CDTV+A3000+A1200+A4000/40... A4000T/PPC next
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